Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:20:34
Message-Id: 20071222071515.207015a7@blueyonder.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP] Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI) by Joe Peterson
1 On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:37:27 -0700
2 Joe Peterson <lavajoe@g.o> wrote:
3 > Assuming that the file extension must change to prevent current PMs
4 > from trying to parse new format ebuilds (and not require waiting a
5 > year or more), I'd be a lot happier seeing it change *once* to a new
6 > fixed extension, with the requirement that the new ebuilds are
7 > required to contain within them them EAPI. This should future-proof
8 > the system.
9
10 Only until another source-level change comes along, which will
11 hopefully be fairly soon -- eclasses need a good kick in the nuts, for
12 example, and that pretty much means a source-level break.
13
14 --
15 Ciaran McCreesh

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